Instant Karma in Sports

The Wyld Stallyns were on to something when they cautioned, "Be excellent to each other." You never know when your conceit or harsh gesture will come back to bite you. It could be months, years or decades. In the case of this lot, karma worked rather quickly.

We all have to deal with frustrating menaces on the highway, in grocery stores or pretty much any place humans might roam. We are, after all, the worst.

Thankfully, the sports world is hardly devoid of those who need their comeuppance. Here is a brief breakdown of some hilarious instances when justice was served in an instant.

Of course, the sports world is chockablock filled with instances of hubris, premature celebration and ill-fated notions all running amok on athletes and sports personalities.

So please feel free to fill the comments section with GIFs, videos or anecdotes we may have missed. And, since we started with a pop culture adage from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, we might as well send you on your way with, "And party on, dudes."

Be Careful What You Ask for

Take heed of the announcer in the video. Be always careful of what you ask for. Want that last piece of pie? Enjoy the extra inches around the waist. Want more money? Well, you need to put in more work and extra hours.

Want someone to come at you and punch you in the face? Well, yeah.

For the Win's Nate Scott has a report on this fight between Daquan Arnett and Miguel Zuniga, including video footage of another angle.

In that video, it really looks as if Arnett is simply complying with Zuniga's plea. And that's when boom goes the dynamite.

Not so Fast: Leon Lett

As you will see, there are a few moments presented in this slideshow that feature athletes celebrating far too soon.

We might as well start with one of the more iconic of those priceless moments: Leon Lett's Super Bowl blunder.

For those who forgot, we posted the video so you can enjoy the moment a showboating Lett remembered he was on defense for a reason.

This is also the moment we remind you that a year later, Lett made another gaffe in a game against the Miami Dolphins, touching a live ball and giving possession back to the opposition in a classic Thanksgiving finale.

Heads Up!

Little did I know, but fans running along cyclists is sort of a nuisance in the biking community. Feel free to contend or support that in the comments section below.

The video posted comes from a July 2013 Metro report on a brief moment from the Tour de France. In it, you will notice that a fan begins running along with the cyclists because, well, we have no idea why anyone would want to do that.

The only thing we can think of is Lil Mac, but he was training for big fights against guys like Don Flamenco.

Back to this race. We initially felt bad for the dude who took a face full of sign, but it seems those with a love of the sport see this as some sort of karmic cleansing.

Via Metro: "Tour de France spectators are a ruthless bunch as this particular fan demonstrated, but quite honestly, we can’t really blame him [...] Hopefully this will act as a warning to anyone else who thinks they can match the pace of elite athletes on bikes."

An Examiner article from 2009 posits that fans running along cyclists is kind of the bane of the sport. Oh, OK. Enjoy the video then.

And let's not forget the Philadelphia Phillies, a team that had to go through the awkward situation of holding Hunter Pence bobblehead night a couple of weeks after he was sent packing to the San Francisco Giants.

Reggie Miller and the New York Knicks

If you love a good laugh and don't consider the Knicks your favorite team, I highly suggest watching Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks.

It's high in LOL moments.

The snippet posted should have you craving more, and includes Miller's over-the-top response to getting shunned by John Starks.

Of course, the best part about the documentary is the brutal back-and-forth between the two iconic teams. (As a side note, it also makes you miss 1990s NBA more than you already do.)

The most classic example might be Spike Lee chiding Miller from the sidelines in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, fueling an improbable comeback for the Pacers thanks to Miller, who was happy to get in the director's face with each and every shot.

The Pacers would ultimately lose the series, so this karma thing is contagious.

Streakers Beware

Streaking is only really funny if Will Ferrell is doing it. Even then, we can find other stuff on television. So it goes without saying that we have had just about enough of you streakers taking time from our enjoyment of watching sports to show off your ability to get on the field naked.

The video posted is all you need to remember that the cheap seats are sometimes preferable to watching the game on the field.

Mike Tomlin

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It seems the football-loving world is split between those impressionable cuties who think Mike Tomlin accidentally meandered close to Jacoby Jones as he ran by the sidelines in Week 13 and those who, well, don't.

For the sake of argument, let's say he was employing some gamesmanship. And maybe there are some of you thinking, I'd like to pull off similar shenanigans.

Not so Fast IV

This might be my favorite moment, simply for the fact that the rollerblading hot rod actually looks back at the field before thumping his chest in a show of utter dominance—at least the kind of dominance that comes with anyone wearing roller blades.

ESPN's report was rather scant on the details, simply stating, "A Colombian celebrates much too early and the South Korean skater takes advantage in this race at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships last week in Guarne, Colombia."

Sweet, thanks.

If anyone has more information, please drop us a line. We will be out on the boardwalk carving up some sweet lines in our roller skates.

Celebrate with Caution

It's one thing to celebrate and devolve into a massive heap of jubilation and jocularity, but there is a line. That line, as it were, begins and ends at hurting yourself.

Famously, former NFL kicker Bill Gramatica tore his ACL after securing a field goal back in December 2001. Pro Football Talk quoted Gramatica, who recounted his celebration-turned-injury, "You guys got it wrong. You said I got hurt jumping. My jump was excellent. It was my landing I needed to work on."

Not so Fast V

That's pretty much all you can say as you recall Lindsey Jacobellis' brutal fall in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She would later say, via ESPN:

I was caught up in the moment. I think every now and then you might see something like that. I didn't even think twice. I was having fun and that's what snowboarding is. I was ahead. I wanted to share with the crowd my enthusiasm. I messed up. It happens.

While that should end the showboating, we know there is an athlete out there who will do the same thing at some point. Set your DVRs accordingly.